Avalanche Related Resources

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Avalanche Basics and Nomenclature

Avalanche Safety Tutorial (American Avalanche Association
http://avalanche.org/tutorial/tutorial.html
Avalanche Encyclopedia (National Avalanche Center)
http://www.fsavalanche.org/encyclopedia/
How to Read an Avalanche Advisory (Sierra Avalanche Center)
http://sierraavalanchecenter.org/how-to-read-avalanche-advisory

Stability Test Videos

Where to Dig a Snowpit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7n4S1U7ybM
Compression Test Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF-NEUfZP1U#t=47
Extended Column Test
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/how-do-extended-column-test
Propagation Saw Test
http://vimeo.com/37092331
Shovel Shear Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Sku8uFCes

Rescue

Beacon Searching (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_W4dbVzogw
Beacon Searching (2009)
http://www.backcountryaccess.com/2009/11/03/bcas-slam-dunk-video-instruction-series-part-1-beacon-searching/
Proper Probing Technique
http://www.backcountryaccess.com/2009/11/08/bcas-slam-dunk-video-series-part-2-probing/
Strategic Shoveling
http://www.backcountryaccess.com/2009/11/11/bca-video-training-series-part-3-strategic-shoveling/
Transceiver Reviews
http://beaconreviews.com/transceivers/
Snow Immersion Suffocation (SIS) Safety
http://www.deepsnowsafety.org/index.php/

On-line Tools and Exercises

Topography Map With Slope Angle Shading (CalTopo)
http://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=39.35607,-120.33959&z=16&b=sat&o=t&n=0.32&a=c,sg/
CalTopo Tutorial
http://caltopo.com/about.html
Slope Angle Maps
http://www.slopeanglemaps.com/
Slope Angle Shaded Maps of Resort Areas
http://3dskimaps.com/
Route-Finding Exercise
http://www.avalanche.net.nz/education/Online-Avalanche-Course/Route-Finding-Exercises.asp
Snow pit plotting software(free)
http://www.snowpilot.org/
Faceting (and other information on the physics of snow crystal formation)
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/faceting/faceting.htm

Avalanche Archive

A Dozen More Turns (Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Pye9f602s
The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek (Film)
http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/100000001957178/the-avalanche-at-tunnel-creek.html
Dry Gulch Avalanche (December 5, 2010 Report)
http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/acc/acc_report.php?acc_id=225&accfm=inv
Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska
http://vimeo.com/6581009
Tree Well Incident Caught on Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jvEYzh_1Sg

Education

AIARE - the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Training
http://www.avtraining.org/
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